Category: Psychological Portraits
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To Paradise, Hanya Yanagihara – A Psychological Formulation #2
Please note, this post contains spoilers At the beginning of the year, I was gripped by Hanya Yanagihara’s century spanning To Paradise. This is my first novel of hers that I had read but I had heard a lot of great things about her writing and was aware of the excitement for her new book.…
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Young Mungo, Douglas Stuart- A Psychological Formulation #1
Please note, this post contains spoilers Like many, I have been I have been captivated by the writing of Douglas Stuart. His second book Young Mungo follows the story of Mungo Hamilton, a 15 year old boy from Glasgow, growing up in the 90’s. The book spans two time points and explores themes of sectarian…
The Paperback Psychologist 